- 21. The 15th Annual NY Burlesque Festival Is Here And We Have 2 Free Tickets For You!
- (Entertainment)
- Raquel Reed Are you ready?! The NY Burlesque Fest will be celebrating 15 years of glitter and glamour in Gotham from September 21-24, and we have two free tickets to give away! Share/comment on this ...
- Created on 15 September 2017
- 22. Tech's Dirty Not-So-Little Secret: Sexual Harassmen
- (Living)
- This is the story that isn’t being told, but needs to be. Women are being harassed in the tech sector at an alarming rate, and it isn’t being reported. The stories that have been told by the media, ...
- Created on 31 August 2017
- 23. Felicia Day's Comic Book "The Guild: Library Edition" Is A Love Letter To Gaming: BUST Intervi
- (Books)
- ... with her issues and inspired her to tell others about her love of gaming. That woman was the delightful Felicia Day, and that story was The Guild. First launched as a webseries in 2007, the Guild has also ...
- Created on 29 August 2017
- 24. 3 Books About The Secret Lives Of Women
- (Books)
- ... Detail from The Clue In The Crossword Cipher More from BUST Felicia Day's Comic Book "The Guild: Library Edition" Is A Love Letter To Gaming: BUST Interview "The Burning Girl" Shows The Complex Intricacies ...
- Created on 25 August 2017
- 25. 11 New Books By Women To Read Right Now
- (Books)
- Our book reviews from BUST's August/September issue are now online! Check out our picks, including Hunger by Roxane Gay, Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang, and Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. The ...
- Created on 25 August 2017
- 26. Dungeons & Dragons Is Perfect For A Feminist Game Night
- (Entertainment)
- ... characters work together to overcome challenges, and players often gain lifelong friends as a story develops. Gaming groups shift with members' tastes: DMs determine how many players they can handle (typically ...
- Created on 01 May 2017
- 27. Why I Said No To Being On MTV
- (TV)
- ... it was a good idea to force an unwilling person to meet someone who's been viciously degrading them online? It's already hard enough for women in gaming (and anyone who doesn't align with white males), so ...
- Created on 03 February 2017
- 28. Princess Nokia Masters Witchcraft And Tomboy Cool In Her Two Latest Music Videos
- (Music)
- ... roots and the magic of female empowerment. Destiny has been a huge video game fan ever since she was little and 90's gaming culture has been a reoccurring theme in her music before. "Kitana," whose ...
- Created on 18 November 2016
- 29. This Is Your Brain On Virtual Reality
- (Living)
- ... with many other content and gaming brands. In fact, the world of gaming is already making VR headsets, run by computers instead of iPhones, that are able to create a much better viewing experience, and ...
- Created on 02 November 2016
- 30. New York Comic Con Reminds Everyone That "Cosplay is Not Consent" Is Still Alive and Wel
- (Entertainment)
- ... gaming and encourages fans to cosplay as their favorite characters. Cosplaying is a performance art involving elaborate costuming, makeup, and props that were brought to the United States during the 1980s ...
- Created on 12 October 2016
- 31. 8 Graphic Novels That Are Seriously Inspiring Required Reads
- (Books)
- ... folks than ever coming into the gaming world, Chainmail Bikini is a fabulous read for the life-long gamer and anyone who just wants a good, cute story about empowerment through fantasy. 5. Beyond - Anthology ...
- Created on 03 August 2016
- 32. Women In Virtual Reality, So Far
- (Feminism)
- ... gaming has some catching up to do with actual reality. More content designed by women will help level the proverbial playing field in order to ensure all players feel safe and included, at all times. It’s ...
- Created on 27 June 2016
- 33. The Sims 4, Now 4 Everyone
- (Entertainment)
- ... kind of game it is, The Sims doesn’t cower or scoff at the idea of diversity in gaming, but instead listens, changes, and thrives. Because the only object of the game is to simulate life, it must actually, ...
- Created on 14 June 2016
- 34. How To Protect Yourself From Internet Trolls: Advice From A Gamergate Survivor
- (Living)
- The Internet is a fraught place, especially for women. I know this firsthand. I research gaming and nerd culture and work for a large tech company; I also tweet about feminism. There’s a contingent ...
- Created on 04 February 2016
- 35. Teen-Made Game 'Tampon Run' Sticks It To Period Shamer
- (Entertainment)
- Say hello to the new way you will entertain yourself at work! Tampon Run is an awesome, arcade-style game fighting period stigma and the normalization of violence. Plus, you get to throw tampons at ...
- Created on 29 January 2016
- 36. SXSW And Gamergate: There Are Not ‘Two Sides’ To Violent Intimidation
- (Feminism)
- ... in gaming, as well as a panel on “journalistic ethics” in gaming, after receiving threats from the online misogynist troll movement known as Gamergate. The panels were "#SavePoint: A Discussion on the ...
- Created on 29 October 2015
- 37. Playing "Halo" Proves Men Bully Women Because Of Social Hierarch
- (General)
- ... more aggressive if they felt threatened? Or are they comfortable in their ability that losing to a woman wouldn’t bother them.” Though the answers are still unclear, the hours of gaming are far from over. ...
- Created on 20 July 2015
- 38. Create Your Own Video Game With These Easy Web Tools
- (General)
- ... which aims to serve humanitarian and educational goals through gaming. The interactive storytelling community is totally female-friendly, too. In the wake of the Gamergate controversy and countless dialogues ...
- Created on 10 July 2015
- 39. Feminism FTW! Female Protagonists Finally Get the Stage at E3
- (General)
- ... Mario and Luigi. It wasn’t until much later, long after I stopped gaming, that it occurred to me: Peach’s suffering didn’t stem from her inability to avoid capture. It had nothing to do Peach at all, ...
- Created on 16 June 2015
- 40. Swedish Trade Organization Funds Fight Against Sexism in Video Games
- (General)
- As gaming enthusiasts can attest, the video game industry hasn't been very welcoming for women, and the way women are often depicted in games can be problematic. The Boston Globe reports on the atmosphere ...
- Created on 02 December 2014
